Measures to curb growing rates of opioid use are also making it difficult for people with long-term, chronic pain to get ongoing prescriptions.
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People living with endometriosis wait an average of 7.5 years for a diagnosis. Social science researchers are working to identify ways to help reduce this timeline.
We researched how much difference opioids like codeine, oxycodone or morphine make to osteoarthritis pain. We found they helped about as much as paracetamol. Yet they are far more dangerous.
Drug manufacturers often shun the use of placebos in clinical trials. But research suggests that placebos could play an important role in the treatment of depression, pain and other maladies.
GPs don’t always recognise the metaphors and similes women use to describe their pain – which could mean delays in a diagnosis.
Menstruating women who sleep less than six hours a night suffer worse periods. But leading treatments for insomnia rarely look at menstrual health.
Ending the opioid epidemic requires addressing not only treatment gaps in addiction and overdose, but also inadequate pain management.
While the COVID-19 pandemic raged on, the opioid epidemic got worse as drug overdose deaths soared. New research proposes a way to chemically modify opioids to reduce the risk of addiction.
Some people with back pain see immediate benefits from stretching.
Both male and female observers are susceptible to the false belief that women exaggerate their pain.
We can make the case against using medicinal cannabis to manage chronic pain by debunking three myths.
A one-dimensional approach to reducing opioid use isn’t favoured by health care professionals or patients.
Weed, though far less dangerous than many other drugs, is not entirely without risk. Some 59% of people treating pain with medical cannabis experience moderate to severe withdrawal symptoms
In children’s media, pain is depicted alarmingly frequently, usually unrealistically and often violently, but without empathy or help. These images of pain send all the wrong messages.
Finding a more personal and expressive way to talk about pain can empower sufferers and may help diagnose some conditions.
Scientists in the UK and Germany discovered a new doorway that the COVID-19 virus uses to infect human cells. This reveals new therapeutic possibilities for blocking the virus.
New research suggests people who are experiencing physical pain are willing to spend more money than they otherwise would.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus usually infects the body via the ACE2 protein. But there is another entry point that allows the virus to infect the nervous system and block pain perception.
New rules attempt to curb opioid-related deaths in Australia. These changes are a step in the right direction – but we need to tread carefully to avoid unintended consequences.
Chronic pain is everyone’s problem. It’s costly, debilitating and, according to new statistics, increasingly common. Reversing the trend is achieveable but far from easy.
Top contributors
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
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Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
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Reader in Clinical Health Psychology & Science, Medicine & Society Network, UCL
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Professor of Population Health Science, University of Dundee
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Academic Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Pharmacology, University of Arizona
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Neuroscientist, Monash University
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Philosopher; Pharmacology research student, University of Sydney
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Group Leader, Pain Research, Neuroscience Program, Garvan Institute
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Professor of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Curtin University
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
